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        <p class="title">EXPLAIN</p>
        <p class="subtitle">Explain query execution</p>
      </div>
      <div class="content">
        <p>Prefix any query with the&nbsp;<code>EXPLAIN</code> keyword to have Neo4j return the execution plan
          it would use to execute the query.
          However, the query is not executed, and Neo4j will make no changes to the database.
        </p>
        <p>See&nbsp;<a help-topic="query plan">:help QUERY PLAN</a> for a guide to understanding the query plan output.</p>
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            <th>Reference:</th>
            <td><code><a href="{{ neo4j.version | neo4jDeveloperDoc }}/#execution-plans">Execution Plans</a></code> manual page</td>
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            <th>Related:</th>
            <td><a help-topic="profile">:help PROFILE</a>&nbsp;<a help-topic="query plan">:help QUERY PLAN</a>&nbsp;</td>
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    </section>
    <section class=" example">
        <figure>
          <pre class="code runnable standalone-example">EXPLAIN
MATCH (n:Person) RETURN n LIMIT 25</pre>
          <figcaption>
            Show the query plan that would be used to find nodes with the Person label,
             without actually executing the plan.
          </figcaption>
        </figure>
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